Low-Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) Capability Enhancement of DFIG-Based Wind Farm by Using Bridge-Type Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (BTSFCL)
Abstract
Abstract Integration of large-scale wind power plants (WPPs) in power systems faces high short circuit current and low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) challenges under fault condition. The use of superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) was found to be a promising and cost effective solution to solve these problems. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of Bridge-type SFCL (BTSFCL) performance supported by PSCAD/EMTDC based simulation to enhance the LVRT capability of doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based WPPs. It suppresses the transient fault current without any delay time and prevents from instantaneous voltage sag in the connecting point at fault inception time. The main advantages of BTSFCL are: simplicity, high reliability and automatic operation under fault condition for enhancing the LVRT performance. The studied WPP is modeled based on an aggregated doubly-fed induction-generator (DFIG) wind turbine. Simulation results reveal that BTSFCL limits the transient short circuit current contribution of WPP and enhances the LVRT capability of the DFIG-based WPP. Also, the performance of BTSFCL is compared with the static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) for enhancing the LVRT capability.References
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superconducting fault-current limiter in an active distribution network,
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Energy Systems 46 (2013) 49–55.
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by using bridge-type fault current limiter, International Transactions
on Electrical Energy Systems 23 (5) (2013) 655–668.
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system stability study, in: 2008 IEEE Power and Energy Society General
Meeting-Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st
Century, IEEE, 2008, pp. 1–8.
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IEEE transactions on power apparatus and systems (12) (1983) 3791–
3795.
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application to practical problems, Springer, 2013.
Published
2020-01-08
How to Cite
FIROUZI, Mehdi.
Low-Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) Capability Enhancement of DFIG-Based Wind Farm by Using Bridge-Type Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (BTSFCL).
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 99, n. 4, p. 245–253, jan. 2020.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1561>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2024.
Issue
Section
Electrical Engineering
Keywords
DVR, Bridge-type SFCL, Power Quality, Point of Common Coupling (PCC)
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